Example sentences of "back on [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the bar they descended again into the dining alcove , and they sat at a table by a small-paned window which was back on a level with the path outside . |
| 2 | We could just fall back on a bit of sweets and chocolate or something in the end but I 'd like to get some |
| 3 | It works with standard audio input devices like microphones , disks and cassette tapes , and plays back on a variety of devices . |
| 4 | How many people now remember his humiliation as chancellor of the Exchequer , turning back on a trip to Heathrow en route for a meeting of the International Monetary Fund in order that he could draft an application for a loan from the same organisation , then appearing in the Blackpool bear garden to be publicly abused ? |
| 5 | Together , we can look back on a year of consider- able success , and forward to a new year of challenge . |
| 6 | Many people look back on a moment of conversion — though it is not essential to be able to point to such a moment — with awe and wonder . |
| 7 | Forced back on a policy of self help , the RCM soon discovered that the public responded best when appeals were made of behalf of specific projects — £40 to support one boy in a course of agricultural training , say , or £60 for a year 's schooling . |
| 8 | Rosa adjusted the cold compress on her forehead , and settled back on a chair against the wall , watching Cati as she lay . |
| 9 | It always seems odd , looking back on a turning-point in life , that bells did not ring and warning hooters go . |
| 10 | Hence the study had to fall back on a proxy for measures of ill health — standardised mortality ratios ( SMRs ) or death rates from different diseases standardised by age . |
| 11 | But now her husband 's lawyers are asking the High Court to order her to put the children back on a plane to the United States . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll be back on a horse in two weeks , and could race ride in three weeks . |
| 13 | Martin , a student from another part of the college , a Higher Diploma course , reports back on the progress of the Garden Project ( designing an accessible garden ) . |
| 14 | Now Matthew from the First Diploma course reports back on the progress of another project . |
| 15 | Pascoe fast-forwarded the tape , then pressed play , bringing the music back on the swell of a crescendo . |
| 16 | Back on the grid for the first time in three years is derek warwick … he 's racing for the Milton Keynes Footwork team |
| 17 | He had found the second-hand playpen advertised on a newsagent 's board in Norwich and had brought it back on the top of the van . |
| 18 | He turned the paper over and put it back on the top of the pile . |
| 19 | a little more wait and I was back on the bed of the big machine for a few parting shots . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's it , then , ’ Joe said , and he lay back on the bed with the receiver to his ear and the handset held on his chest . |
| 21 | I threw myself back on the bed with a laugh . |
| 22 | After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading . |
| 23 | ‘ Dammit to hell , ’ he cursed , letting her go abruptly so that she fell back on the bed in an untidy heap . |
| 24 | I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'll be back on the lake in an hour . |
| 26 | B While the legends of the First Age are a ‘ calque ’ , then , their resemblance to a known pattern directs us primarily to difference from that pattern ; the elvishness of the elves is meant to reflect back on the humanity of man . |
| 27 | And Palin won , arriving back on the eve of his eightieth day , and finding the Reform Club , his starting point , closed to him — or at least to his cameras-and London in the grip of last Christmas 's shopping rush . |
| 28 | The video looks back on the occupation of Latin America by Europeans and draws attention to the present situation of the millions of people throughout the continent who are suffering poverty and disease . |
| 29 | Jim lay back on the bale of hay and immediately fell asleep , still grasping the barrel of his rifle . |
| 30 | She looked back on the transformation in herself with a kind of helpless resignation . |